Bf 109 K detail references
by Charles Metz

Beaman: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 in Action (Part 2)' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 57; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1983; 57 pages; US$8.95) -- miscellaneous detail

Cohausz: 'Cockpits deutscher Flugzeug: Historische Instrumentierungen von 1911-1970' (Aviatic Verlag [Germany], 2000; in German; 302 pages; US$37.50) -- cockpit detail (p. 247-249)

D'Amico and Valentini: 'The Messerschmitt 109 in Italian Service' (Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1985; 128 pages; approximate value US$40 [out of print]) -- multi-view drawings (p. 122)

Hitchcock: 'Messerschmitt 'O-Nine' Gallery' (Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1973; 121 pages; approximate value US$50 [out of print]) -- fin & rudder configurations (p. 73)

Hitchcock: 'Bf 109K' (Monogram Close-Up series, No. 16; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1979; 32 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 21, 25), engine bay (p. 9, 20), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 22, 23), multi-view drawings (p. 21, 24), tail wheel (p. 8)

Janda and Poruba: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109K' (JaPo [Czech Republic], 1997; in Czech and English; 92 pages; US$25) -- cannon installation (p. 9), canopy (p. 4, 8), cockpit detail (p. 6-8, 12, 16), cowl (p. 3-5), cowl guns (p. 10, 12), cutaway drawing (p. 13), engine [DB 605] (p. 25, 26), engine bay (p. 24, 28), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 18, 68), landing gear (p. 11, 17), multi-view drawings (p. 3, 14, 15, 20, 22), radiators (p. 13), radio installation (p. 10), tail (p. 18), ventral drop tank & rack (p. 22, 23), wheelwell detail (p. 17)

Kosin: 'The German Fighter since 1915' (Putnam Aeronautical series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1988; 224 pages; US$39.95) -- engine bay (p. 151)

Ledwoch: 'Bf 109K' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 42; Wydawnictwo "Militaria" [Poland], 1997; in Polish; 42 pages; US$10) -- canopy (p. 35), cockpit detail (p. 31, 32, 35), cowl gun installation (p. 39), cutaway drawing (p. 42, back cover), , drop tank (p. 37), fuselage access panels (p. 30, 37), landing gear (p. 33, 34), landing gear doors (p. 33), multi-view drawings (p. 9, 11-13), tailwheel doors (p. 8), windscreen (p. 30)

Ledwoch: 'Bf 109G/H' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 47; Wydawnictwo "Militaria" [Poland], 1997; in Polish; 106 pages; US$16) -- wheelwell detail (p. 6)

Merrick: 'German Aircraft Interiors 1935-1945: Vol. 1' (German Aircraft Interiors series, No. 1; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1996; 256 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 180-182)

Michulec: 'Messerschmitt Me 109, pt. 3' (Aircraft Monograph series, No. 18; AJ Press [Poland], 2002; in English; 121 pages; US$28) -- canopy (p. 64), cockpit detail (p. 67, 115), cowl gun installation (p. 95), cutaway drawing (p. 108b), engine bay (p. 90), firewall (p. 80), landing gear (p. 78-80), multi-view drawings (p. 96-99), radio installation (p. 93), tailwheel (p. 83)

Mombeek: 'Sturmjäger: Zur geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 4 und der Sturmstaffel 1 - Band 2' (La Porte d'Hoves [Belgium], 1999; in German; 285 pages; US$55.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 82)

Nohara: 'Luftwaffen Warplane [sic] 1928-45' (Illustrated Warplane History series, No. 7; Green Arrow [Japan], 2001; in Japanese; 316 pages; US$37) -- cutaway drawing (p. 34), cockpit detail (p. 35)

Nowarra: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109: Aircraft & Legend' (Haynes / Motorbuch Verlag [UK / Germany], 1989; 311 pages; approximate value US$35 [availability unknown]) -- head armor (p. 267); COMMENT: English translation of "Die 109" (Motorbuch Verlag, 1986)

Poruba and Mol: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109K Camouflage & Markings' (JaPo [Czech Republic], 2000; in English and Czech; 132 pages; US$28) -- cockpit detail (p. 35), (p. 17, 115), cowl guns (p. 12), generic camouflage patterns (p. 13, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 42, 43), generic marking patterns (p. 13, 15, 16, 29, 48, 53, 64, 84-87), oil-cooler panel & lower part of engine bay (p. 19), structure of rear edge of wooden fin (p. 88), wheelwell detail (p. 51)

Prien and Rodeike: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 F, G, & K Series' (Schiffer [USA], 1993; 208 pages; US$34.95) -- multi-view drawings (p. 167, 189), tails (p. 175)

Punka: '"Messer": The Messerschmitt 109 in Royal Hungarian "Honvéd" Air Force' (OMIKK [Hungary], 1995; in English; 160 pages; US$30) -- camera installation (p. 127)

Radinger and Otto: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-K' (Schiffer [USA], 1999; 158 pages; US$34.95) -- multi-view drawings (p. 122, 123), wheel (p. 152, 153, 157)

------: 'Messerschmitt Bf 109G/K Augsburg Eagle' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 290; Model Art [Japan], 1987; in Japanese; 178 pages; US$29.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 124, 125, 144), cutaway drawing (p. 104), multi-view drawings, miscellaneous other detail

------: 'The Day-Fighters of Luftwaffe in WW II' (Koku-Fan Special series [unnumbered]; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1984; in Japanese; 176 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 80), multi-view drawings (p. 79), generic camouflage patterns (p. 150)

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